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Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:37:00 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1CharmingLittleNesthttps://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationOnce upon a reality.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CharmingLittleNest/~3/zEKxvuPVOhk/reality.html
http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/08/reality.html#respondFri, 11 Aug 2017 00:32:53 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5283My gosh. This is probably the first time I sat down in front of my computer and just decided to do what I wanted to do&#8230;no work or scheduling things for the family. That&#8217;s what this is. &#8220;Charming Little Nest&#8221; has always been around to serve as my creative outlet. Eventually CLN grew and evolved [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharmingLittleNest/~4/zEKxvuPVOhk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/08/reality.html/feed0http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/08/reality.htmlGetting rid of pests and making porches cute.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CharmingLittleNest/~3/pweVoh1Syco/rid-pests-making-porches-cute.html
http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/06/rid-pests-making-porches-cute.html#respondMon, 05 Jun 2017 23:03:29 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5264It&#8217;s gorgeous outside here! But, if you are like me, you are already battling the wasps and ants that demand to invade our pretty spaces. I brought our freshly-bloomed peonies inside and I was excited to have them fill my house with that signature sweet smell. But of course&#8230;.within moments, tiny sugar-ants began crawling out! I remembered [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/05/southern-spring-can-live-outside.html#respondMon, 08 May 2017 03:27:12 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5240The weather has been absolute perfection lately. Everything is in full bloom and it&#8217;s warm and breezy. We have been outside nonstop. This guy mastered the &#8220;no training wheels&#8221; move, and he hasn&#8217;t looked back since. Baby Shep is at that perfect age right now. He is doing his &#8220;slithering crawl&#8221; to get around, but he [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2017/04/princess-tea.html#respondSun, 23 Apr 2017 17:44:00 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5178A wee bit overdue, but hey, who cares? Ha! Better late than never. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Georgia. Just yesterday she was a tiny baby and now she was turning three. So, it was time to celebrate this little girl. And she requested a Princess Tea Party with [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/11/fairy-panther-our-charming-halloween.html#respondSun, 06 Nov 2016 03:48:21 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5103I love Halloween. I start planning the kids&#8217; costumes months before. This year, with baby Shep joining our clan, B wanted to make sure we planned a theme for the entire family. We ran through several ideas and finally settled on Peter Pan, with him being Peter and Gigi being Tink. She loved the idea. [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharmingLittleNest/~4/oLnzROEKojM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/11/fairy-panther-our-charming-halloween.html/feed0http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/11/fairy-panther-our-charming-halloween.htmlThe Marie Kondo Method for the Real Family: How I found my way through a sea of broken toys, preschool papers, and sippy cups to find sanity. Step 2: My Bookshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CharmingLittleNest/~3/lldIH92oGCw/marie-kondo-method-real-family-sea-broken-toys-preschool-papers-sippy-cups-find-sanity-step-2-books.html
http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/05/marie-kondo-method-real-family-sea-broken-toys-preschool-papers-sippy-cups-find-sanity-step-2-books.html#respondFri, 27 May 2016 20:35:53 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=5039Kondo says to go in the following order: clothes, books, papers, komono (miscellany) and finally things with sentimental value. After I finished sorting through the clothing (Step One) it was time to move onto books. Remember, my approach to this method was to treat it as a program. I would not &#8220;adapt&#8221; Kondo&#8217;s method to fit myself. [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/05/marie-kondo-method-american-family-sea-broken-toys-preschool-papers-sippy-cups-find-sanity-step-1-clothing.html#commentsMon, 09 May 2016 04:08:09 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=4943I talked about how I discovered the Marie Kondo method in this post. After reading Kondo&#8217;s book, I have spent the last several months going through the exact steps she suggests to &#8220;tidy&#8221; one&#8217;s home. I am almost finished (for those who have read it, I am in the &#8220;komono&#8221; phase) and the changes have [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/03/sea-salt-eczema.html#commentsSat, 26 Mar 2016 18:37:39 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=4971It seems like every parent I talk to deals with eczema. Both of my kids get it, but poor B gets it the worst. I often hear about tons of treatments and we have found things to help, but nothing ever seems to be a drastic improvement. One day, I was thinking about how my [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/03/lifelately.html#respondFri, 25 Mar 2016 03:42:56 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=4950Good GOSH. Pregnancy with baby number three has been no joke. Gigi is right in the middle of her &#8220;terrible two&#8217;s&#8221; phase and it is wearing me out. She looks so innocent, but man does this girl have some spunk. &#160; By the end of the day I can barely stand up&#8230;.I&#8217;m just so tired! [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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http://charminglittlenest.com/2016/01/longing-sweet-summer-days.html#respondWed, 27 Jan 2016 02:31:17 +0000http://charminglittlenest.com/?p=4842While I was going through my photos today, I stumbled across an album from summer. We have been trapped inside with the melting snow and these pictures were a welcome sight. Since I got so off track with blogging last summer, I figured I&#8217;d show them now! The kids set up a lemonade stand. How [&#8230;]<div class="feedflare">
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